STATE v. ALLEGRA

No. 84-602

129 N.H. 720 (1987)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JOSEPH A. ALLEGRA

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 9, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (T. David Plourde, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

McNamara, Larsen & Schuster P.A., of Lebanon (Mark A. Larsen on the brief and orally), for the defendant.


SOUTER, J.

The defendant appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Dickson, J.) denying his motion for a new trial on related charges of forgery and attempted theft by deception. He claims to have been denied the effective assistance of counsel and argues that the trial court should have found that in four instances he was prejudiced by performance of trial counsel that fell below the standard of reasonable competence: when counsel (1) failed to move for...

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